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(No Model.)

- P. H. SWEET, Jr.

BUTTON FASTENER. No. 269,738. Patented Dec. 26, 1882 (a. Z L a a $1UNITED STATES PATENT OFFicE'.

PARKER H. SWEET, JR., OF WASHINGTON, D. 0., ASS IGNOR TO THE HEATONBUTTON FASTENER COMPANY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BUTTON-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,738, dated December26, 1882;

Application filed October 30, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PARKER H. SWEET, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Washington, in the District ofUolumbia, have invented certain new and usel'ulImprovements in Button-Fasteners and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification. My inventionhas for its object to provid a novel and simplified construction ofbuttonfasteners for attaching buttons to shoes or other articles ofwearing-apparel; and it consists essentially of a double-pointed orsplit prong provided with a loop or neck to receive the shank of abutton, the lower penetrating ends of said prong being arranged side byside and beveled in opposite directions for engagement with a die ofnovel construction, so as to curve or deflect the split prong back 2again into the material to which the device is to be attached, all aswill be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 0 represents a side elevation ofmy complete device as attached to the shank of a button. Fig. 2represents a similar view as attached to the shank of a button andfabric. Fig. 3 represents a continuous blank or wire from which thecomplete device is formed. Fig. 4

represents a detail view of the jaws of a setting-instrument, with thebutton and fastener in place, ready for attachment to a fabric; and Fig.5 represents a modification of my im- 0 proved device.

Similarletters of reference iudicatelike parts in the sevenl figures.

In carrying out my invention, the fastening device is preferably formedof half round wire, bent so as to form a loop or neck, B,

and two sharp-pointed and beveled ends lying flatwise against eachother, so as to form a single rounded and split prong, C, as shown.

In constructing the complete fastener, ahalfrounded wire is run througha suitable ma- 5o chine, which forms the loops or necks B at regular andeven distances apart, as shown in Fig. 3, while a suitable cutting-tooldivides the wire at equal distances between each loop or neck to formthe single rounded and split prong 0, when the two parts are bent downflat against each other, as fully shown in Figs. 1 and 4. In the processof cutting each fastener from the wire, the ends forming the singlesplit prong are beveled in reverse direc- 6o tions to each other-tofacilitate their being curved or deflected back into the material tosecure the button thereto.

The shanks of the buttons A may be connected to the loops or necks ofthe fasteners 6 during the" process of manufacture, so that the buttonsand fasteners may be sold together, thereby obviating the time andtronble in attaching the fastener to the shank of the button prepaiatoryto their being attached 7) to fabrics.

In the operation of attaching the button to any desired material bymeans of my im proved fastener, the button A is adjusted in the upperjaw of a setting-instrument, the loop or neck B of the fastener'fittingsnugly within a rounded recess in the'lower face of said jaw, and thematerial or fabric adjusted in place between the two jaws, which arethen closed together, iorcing the prong B through the material, andwhich, coming in contact with the die in the lower jaw, causes the splitportions of said prong to be curved or deflected back again into thematerial in opposite direction, thereby securely attaching the buttonthereto.

By means of my improved device the shank of the button is held withinthe loop in such a manner as to prevent its sinking down into the fabricwhen in use, yet at the same time 0 allowing it to play freely in anydirection. The split prong also makes but one hole or opening in thefabric through which itpasses.

A modification of my invention is shown in Fig. 5, in which one end of astrip of metal is 5 bentaround so as to form a loop, B, while the prong,C, substantially as and for the purpose :0 specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PARKER H. SYVEET, JR.

other end of the strip is out so as to form a 1 split prong. C, asshown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is-As an improved article of manufacture, the herein-describedbutton-fastener,-composed of the loop or neck portion B and the beveledand sharp ends arranged flatwise, side by side,

m such a manner as to form a single split Witnesses:

EDWIN J. MCLAIN, U, FRED KELLER.

